Bergeson concedes race for schools chief

Published 4:38 pm Thursday, November 6, 2008

Randy Dorn has won the closest state school chief race in two decades.

This afternoon, incumbent Terry Bergeson conceded defeat. She is trailing Dorn by 2 percentage points three days into the ballot count.

“I’ve been watching the numbers and having people track for me and they’ve been getting worse as the hours have gone by,” Bergeson said. “I saw the 3 o’clock numbers and they were down again. I called Randy Dorn and congratulated him.”

Bergeson has been state superintendent of public instruction for 12 years.